The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-29

lev. KODeru thompson, pastor Oh tht 4
Presbyterian church at Oregon was con-
signed to the insane asylum at Madison the /
other day.
MICHIGAN.
John c. Holmes. one of the oldest and
most respected citizens Of Detroit dropped
dead the other afternoon Of apoplcxy
Boyds livery barn at Detroit was burned
the other night tog ether with s:x horses,
etc. Loss, 81. 900; insurance. $500
Eugene Converse the Battle Creek lawyer
who recently committed bigamy by marry
ing young woman'at Waukesha. Wis plead
guilty Of embezz'ement at Marshall few
days ago and was sentenced to five years in
the Jackson penitentiary
Larry Finn. who beat out his wife's
brains with an iron teal kettle, was convict
ed of murder in the second degree In Mar
que.te recently
The Argyle mine. twelve miles west OF
Ishpeming. was rec entity sold for $3.50. 900
to Morris Sellers of Detroit, and other iron
manufacturers of Detroit and Chicago.
The report of the Commissioner of Labor
under the new law taxing mortgages indi-
Gates total mortgaged Indebtedness in the
State of nearly SliO, 100000. or about
twenty per cent. OF the assessed valuation.
Rev A. II. Mueller. pastor of the German
Lutheran Church OF West Bay City, was
found dead in his bed the other afternoon.
He died from ruptured blood vessel. was
twenty EIGHT years old and married
Major W. W. Van Antwerp postr aster at
Jackson, commander of Edward Pomeroy
Post, q. 4. r.. a knight Templar, and asso-
ciate editor Of the Jackson Patriot, died the
other morning of cancer of the liver
Frederick X. Stearns, president of the
Detroit Baseball Club has resigned, owing
to pressure OF other business
The Baraga Hotel was burned the other
day. and the remains of man. supposed to
be Mr. Rennick. q lumberman, We're found
in the ruins.
Lyman Thompson, a farmer, living near
Schoolcraft. while tearing down an old mill
recently was crushed by falling piece Of
timber
Silas Decker. a well-to-do farmer of Had
ley. Lapeer County. committed suicide by
hanging himself in his barn few days ago
The annual report of the State Inspector
| shows that 3,aIl. 800 barrels OF salt were
inspected in Michigan during the present
year There are l42 blocks and 1 800 salt
covers in the State with an estimated ca
pacity Of ), 265. 900 barrels
About 100, 600, 900 feet of lumber were
cut at Cheboygan the last season, the larg
est ever recorded II falls about $4,000
| 900 feet short of the amount anticipated at
| the start, bur is about .O.OOO,OOO feet in
excess Of the cut OF 1856
MINNESOTA.
| At the annual meeting in St Paul of the
Minnesota Association of Trotting and Pac-
| ing Horse Owners Commodore n w kitt-
4 SON of SY pnul was alaarad larasidaaf
/ A number of ladies' at Faribault have in
corporated and will build home TO bc
known as the Minnesota Home for Aged
and lntirm Women
| The thirtieth anniversary of the Lake
City First Baptis. Church was celebrated
recently. The roll call was responded TO by
only three original members.
Collector of Gust oms Moore recently gave
out tabuiatcd report OF the seasons lake
business at Duluth The arrivals of vessels
were .23i and clearances .23S, the total
tonnage beng =, ,O3O 763,tons. Coal receipts
for the Year were l.Oil 900 tons; ore ship
| ments, 800 i61 tons: lumber shipments.
5000. 900 feet and grain shipments, 90
OO7, ,965 bushels
1 Part OF the keel Of the first ship ever built
at Duluth was laid the other day. She will
be $50 feet long. built entirely Cf steel and
cigar-shaped. with turtle-back decks. She
is expected 20 combine speed, safety and
great carrying capacity The boat will be
launched about next July.
William Lee. who has been appointed
postmaster ut St Paul. is one Of the oldest
wholesale merchants in Minnesota. but has
been living a retired life for some years.
Cornelius Higgins left ear was bitten off
by George Burk at Duluth during little
unpleasantness recently.
4 few nights ago the switchmen in the
Winona K St Peter yards at Winona struck
because q third switch-engine had been
placed in the yard to dispatch the work.
Their places were promptly filled, and the
men now acknowledge that they made a
mistake.
Ewald 4 Havert. dealers in boots and
shoes at Winona, failed recently.
Sheriff A. J. Blazier and his assistant,
while arresting Andrew Hohnadel. near
Ada, few days ago, on . requisition from
Dakota for forgery, were attacked by the
father, three brothers and three women.
and barely escaped with their lives The
prisoner escaped.
The St Paul ice carnival will open Janu-
ary .G, and close February 1.
Captain H. G. Shea, of the Emmett light
artillery, left St Paul recently, and the
officials of the State militia have discovered
that neariy all the vouchers for money eA-
pended for the command are false
Recent reports received at Minneapolis
indicated that the wheat crop in the North
west would exceed the estimates. 1t was
now calculated that the total product OF
Minnesota and Dakota would be about 80,
OOO, 900 bushels
DAKOTA.
The Land Department has decided the
contest case initiated by L. e. Small, OF
Harold, against j. W. Bell in favor of the
heirs OF Small Bell made fraudulent en-
try of n timber claim in the name of his
father, J. ". Bell. which was contested by
small This caused feud and three year.
ago Bell met Small on the prairie Drained
him with a hatchet dumped the body int
his buggy and buried it in a field The
body was found aud Bell was taken from
the Jail and hung to a flag pole by a deiega'
ton of citiz ms.
vein of coal sixteen feet thick has been
found at Wnitewood twelve feet below the
rface and seventy feet below anothe
, vein more than three times thick. Ih
coal is said to be as good ~ any in thu
country.
Peter Friedland, miner of Terraville. fel
into an open cut while engaged in mining
near that place, causing instant death.
The school superintendent OF Sully Count,
gives notice that he will not issue a certiti
cate to any person who uses alcohol,
. drinks or narcotics His announcement
has created much discussion. and the super
, intendent will be asked by what anthorit,
he issues such proclamation
George Green, a noted horse-thief. wa
hanged by yigilantes recently near tlem
! ingtOn.
The Dakota fax crop for 1897 Is esu
mated to be 5000, 600 bushels
ID ,adwood claims the distinction of hav
: ing an anti-fa society, the members q